[ItisaReligionofPeace]

If a government is going to spend money to try to end drug usage, treatment programs are 20x better than the criminalization of drugs. All this does is builds in an abnormal profit for the growers and dealers and makes it worth killing over.

[xuberalles]

I agree.

[al baby]

I agree

[Trailerpark Badass]

If a government is going to spend money to try to end drug usage, treatment programs are 20x better than the criminalization of drugs. All this does is builds in an abnormal profit for the growers and dealers and makes it worth killing over.

The fact is that illegal drug users quickly become inured to an anti-social lifestyle, which makes them more likely to engage in criminal behavior and less likely to seek effective solutions to their problems.

I can understand the desire of those in society not to want to legitimize drug use, but those same people should accept that they are driving away many who could be saved from "hitting bottom."

WWJD?

[Old_Mil]

Singapore Hangs Australian Drug Smuggler

Australian citizen Nguyen Tuong Van, 25, was excuted in Singapore on Friday for drug trafficking after he was visited at the prison in Singapore by family members, according to the Associated Press.

...there's a reason why Singapore doesn't have the sort of drug or crime problem we do.

[GLDNGUN]

If a government is going to spend money to try to end drug usage, treatment programs are 20x better than the criminalization of drugs.

Not if usage, addiction, and need for treatment programs would increase 20X+ after decriminaliztion of drugs.

[CholeraJoe]

treatment programs are 20x better than the criminalization of drugs.

Agreed, in part. In order for treatment programs to work, the afflicted person must be willing.

Step 1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol (drugs) - that our lives had become unmanageable.